James Meade
James Edward Meade FBA was a British economist who made major contributions to the theory of international trade and welfare economics. Along with Richard Kahn, James Meade helped develop the concept of the Keynesian multiplier while participating in the Cambridge circus. In the 1930s, he served as specialist adviser on behalf of the British government at the Economic and Financial Organization of the League of Nations.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Swanage
- Educated at
- Oriel CollegeTrinity CollegeChrist's CollegeMalvern CollegeLambrook
- Awards
- 🏆 Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel🏆 Companion of the Order of the Bath🏆 Fellow of the British Academy
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Pranab Bardhan
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"Now there are two ways in which the authorities of a particular country may combine the use of financial policy and of price adjustment. First, financial policy may be used for the preservation of int…"
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"It is a special privilege for me on this occasion to have my name associated with that of Professor Bertil Ohlin. By the younger generation of economists we are no doubt both regarded as what in my co…"
"A good book on the subject of the customs union has for long been wanted; and now it is provided by Professor Viner's study, which it is difficult to praise too highly.... Professor Viner's study on t…"
"By a ‘spontaneous disturbance’ we shall mean any change in the underlying conditions, the cause of which we are prepared to take for granted and do not wish to examine, but the effect of which on the …"
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1907
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Birth1995
Died
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